Before & After

Caitlin got her expanders and braces out today.  Look at that beautiful smile!!  She will enjoy about a year of no orthodontist work and then will probably get a full set of braces.

She is so excited to be able to eat popcorn and chewy foods for a while!!!

Playdate

The girls just LOVE our monthly play dates with cousins.  Every Saturday, they ask if it's the day to play.  Even though the weather was iffy, we made it happen.  They had a blast as usual!

 

First Audition

Caitlin has been wanting to do plays and musicals.  A local theater is doing The Giver and had one part for her age.  She memorized a monologue and waited for the audition.  Of course, the ice storm hit and the auditions kept being postponed.  Finally they announced that you could audition by video.  She was so excited that her first audition didn't have to be in person!  So here it is -

Sledding

Of course, while Rusty was out of town, we would have a state of emergency for ice.  We didn't leave the house for 3 days because I was nervous about going out while he was not here.  We were so glad when he cam back Wednesday morning!!  That day, we bundled up and went out.  Caitlin wanted to sled.  Alaina and I stayed warm in the car and watched.  Unfortunately, it was so cold and windy, Rusty was worried about frostbite and she only got to ride the hill 4 times.

 

Caitlin

Sporting the new glasses.

Alaina

These are her own poses (can you tell?).

Entertaining Ourselves

To entertain ourselves today, we played games and had a dance party.  Alaina's moves were so good I had to video them.

 

This was her "gymnastic" dancing.  She had to get her leotard on.

 

Her princess dance.  She's got some pretty good spins.

 

She's got some great interpretive dance moves.  LOL

 

This was her "pop" dance.

 

And then this one just cracks me up.  She kept attacking me.

Frozen

We are on day 2 of being Frozen in.  Rusty is out of town working and there is no way I'm getting out in this mess.  There's wrecks everywhere and it's so cold, there's no melting.  The state has declared a state of emergency and authorities are begging people to stay home because there are so many wrecks.  So we have not left the house since church on Sunday.  I only opened the door to get these pictures.

Hot Chocolate 5K

 The Hot Chocolate 5K on Valentines Day sounded really fun.  Until we knew how cold it was going to be.  I wasn't looking forward to the cold.  I don't like running in the bitter cold!

 

It did end up bring a lot of fun, though.

Starting line

 

I took these during the race, while I was running. 

 

I didn't train like I should have.  But I jogged almost the whole time.  I was proud of myself for doing that but I regretted it for the next several days because I WAS SORE!!!

Valentines

For their Valentines, the girls took their favorite cookies to share.  Christie Cookie snicker doodles are the best!!

Pajama Performer

Alaina has been into performing songs lately (always is in her PJs with unkempt hair).  She wants me to video them and then she loves watching them.

 

Some song from My Little Ponies 

 

Annie - You're Never Fully Dressed

 

Annie - Tomorrow

 

Annie - It's A Hard Knocked Life

Smoothies

We've gotten pretty serious about smoothies at our house.  Once I got a good blender, the possibilities were endless.  I have learned what to do and what not to do and now most of my attempts are pretty yummy.  Even Alaina requests spinach in her every time!  That, it self, is a miracle!!

I love having everything frozen and ready to go at any time.  I freeze bananas, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple.  Then I use ice cube trays to freeze vanilla yogurt, strawberry yogurt and blended spinach/almond milk.

Then I throw in what concoction we want, add in almond milk and blend.  Perfect every time!!

Matching Penguins

At ihop with daddy in their matching penguin sweaters.

Glasses

These are her two different pairs of glasses.  I can't even tell them apart but at least we have a backup in case one gets lost of broken.

Chuck E Cheese

I had some leftover Chuck E Cheese tokens and decided to take Alaina last Saturday while Caitlin was at a birthday party.

She had a blast!!